Albert Miller von Hauenfels
Albert Miller von Hauenfels (born February 6, 1818 in Tápiószele , Hungary; † November 5, 1897 in Graz , Styria ) was an Austrian mining specialist .
Albert Miller attended the Stiftsgymnasium Kremsmünster and the Bergakademie Schemnitz . In 1840 he entered the civil service, in 1841 he became shift supervisor in the Hall salt mine in Tyrol . From 1849 he was professor for mining and mine shedding at the Montanlehranstalt in Leoben . In 1855, almost at the same time as Jakob Amsler-Laffon, he invented the polar planimeter for area calculation. In 1865 he opened a graphite mine in the Sunk near Trieben .
He is buried in the St. Leonhard Cemetery in Graz .
Appreciation
In his honor, the Austrian Mining Association has been awarding the Miller von Hauenfels Medal to personalities who have made outstanding contributions to Austrian mining since 1957 .
literature
- F. Tremel: Miller von Hauenfels Albert. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 6, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1975, ISBN 3-7001-0128-7 , p. 305 f. (Direct links on p. 305 , p. 306 ).
- Günter B. Fettweis: Miller von Hauenfels, Albert. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 17, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1994, ISBN 3-428-00198-2 , pp. 526-528 ( digitized version ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Cooperation between the University of Leoben and the private sector in research and teaching ( memento of the original from March 12, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. P. 591 accessed on March 11, 2017
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Miller von Hauenfels, Albert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian montanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 6, 1818 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tápiószele , Hungary |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 5, 1897 |
| Place of death | Graz , Styria |